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Art. “Slavery”

Slavery in medieval Iberia was primarily an Andalusian phenomenon.
The early Christian states could not afford to buy slaves. Captured
Moors, like new world Indians later, made poor slaves, and most
Moorish prisoners were more profitably traded for ransom. Andalusian
conquests created an impoverished class of landless peasants, eager to
work on any terms. In the late medieval period Moors captured at sea
were used as slaves in Valencia and Mallorca, and Portuguese
navigation provided access to a source of black slaves. ...